Ironing-board attachment



June C. E. YATES ET AL IRONING BO ARD ATTACHMENT Filed June 20, 1924 ited E.

Patented June 15, 1926.

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momma-BOARD ATTACHMENT;

This invention has foritsobject to ro vide a basket attachment for ironing boards whereby the clothes being'ironed may be received into the basket-to prevent their dropping on;the floor and becoming soiled,

The attachment is so constructed that it may;

beireadily secured to and removed from the ironing board supports and the basket-forming part of the attachment is so constructed that it maybe readily pushedout of thee-way when not in use and just as readily extended,-

when clothes are to be ironed. The attachient is furthermore. so constructed that a pair of them may be used in connection with the same ironing board whereby one of the baskets may hold the clothes to be ironed and the other may be used to catch the ironed clothes to prevent the same from coming into contact with the floor.

The above and other features of novelty will appear from the detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of the specification.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ironing board showing our improved attachment in position thereon.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan View of our improved attachment.

Figure 4: is an end elevation of the guard frame or basket and its supporting means.

Figure 5 is an end view of the supporting bracket, and,

Figure 6 is an opposite end view of the supporting bracket.

Like characters of reference are used throughout the following specification and the accompanying drawings to designate corresponding parts.

We have illustrated our improved attach ment as applied to a foldable ironing board 1 which is provided with the usual form of crossed pivoted supporting legs 2.

Inverted U-shape brackets 3 are supported adjacent the lower ends of the legs 2 of the ironing board and extend in a vertical plane, substantially parallel to each. other, and are outwardly flared adjacent their lower ends, one leg of the bracket terminating in a hook 4 and the other leg terminating in an eye 5 formed by the bend of the rod 5 at each-end of which the said brackets are formed.

The basket or guard frame is up fromi interconnected bars or. heavy wires in-' cluding space'd barsfi which have their forwaldendsbentoutWardIy and upwardly as at 7,'the upper ends of thesame being-connecteditoa bar 8 andtheirother ends to a bar 9xsecured at its ends on theends of legs ,6" ofa rectangular frame of which the bar 8 is apart, saidlegsbeing bent at 10 to form 1 risers '6? between the upper. ends of which the bar 8 extends. legs 6 and-the bends 10 in thesame is-a rod 11 which together with the risers 6 thebent-up portions of "therods 6 and the bar 8 constitute the basket frame. The legs 6 of the basket frame extend through the.

eyes 5 of the brackets or stirrups 3 and are set in the hooks t of the latter, the basket frame being thus supported for horizontal adjustment toward and away from the legs of the ironing board. To position the device upon, or to remove the same from the legs of the ironing board, the end rods or legs 6 are disengaged from the hooks 4, and drawn forwardly so that the basket frame will clear the legs of the board, whereupon the brackets 3 may slide on or off the legs 2, and the end rods 6 may then be re-engaged by the hooks 4. By referring to Figure 2 of the drawings it will be seen that the basketframe on the left hand side of the ironing board is shown in extended position ready to catch the clothes should they drop from the board, while the basket frame shown on the right side of the ironing board is shown in Extending between the retracted position where the same will be 7 out of the way when it is not in use. The

rod 5 which extends between the eyes 5 and the brackets overlies the basket rods 6 and thus forms with the latter the bottom of the basket. 7

From the foregoing description it will be readily understood that the basket frames on both sides of the ironing board may be extended when it is desired to use the board, and the basket frame on the side nearest the person doing the ironing may be readily used to hold the clothes which are to be ironed, while the basket frame on the opposite or further side of the board will catch the clothes asthey are ironed or should they drop from the board, and thereby prevent the same from being soiled by coming in contact with the floor.

Many minor changes in detail of construction may be resorted to without departure from the spirit of the invention. I

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 2-- 1. The combination with an ironing board, and supporting legs therefor, of a pair of supporting brackets carried by said legs, and a basket frame positioned between said brackets and slidably adjustable toward and away from said ironing board.

2. The combination with an ironing board, and supporting legs therefor, of a pair of supporting brackets carried by said legs, bearings formed at the lower extremities of said brackets and a basket frame mounted between said brackets and horizontally adjustable in said bearings, whereby the said basket frame may be supported in extended or retracted position with relation to the ironing board.

3. The combination with an ironing board and supporting legs therefor, of a pair of inverted U-shape brackets supported by said legs, a hook formed upon one leg and an eye formed upon the opposite leg of each bracket, a basket including a frame supported between said brackets, and being horizontally adjust-able in said hooks and eyes of the brackets so that the said basket frame may be held in extended position when the ironing board is to be used, and to be held in retracted position when the ironing board is not in use.

i. In combination, a pair of brackets adapted to embrace the legs of an ironing board, a basket frame, means on the brackets for slidably supporting the basket frame, whereby to permit the latter to be extended and supported in a position to one side of the ironing board or directly beneath the latter.

In testimony whereof we ahix our signatures.

CHARLES E. YATES. FRED E. KASTEN. 

